Re: Interesting article how much??

I agree with this to some degree, but I think the days that Cisco can
demand a 5x premium are coming to an end. There are more and
more competitors that are closing the gap and in some instances starting to
pass them.

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Brian Dennis <bdennis_at_ine.com> wrote:

> If the only selection criteria was price then Cisco will never win. It's
> like saying "I need the cheapest car to get me from point A to point B and
> the quote from the Mercedes dealership was way higher than the Ford
> dealership's quote". They shouldn't have even asked Cisco to quote if
> they were selecting based upon price only.
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> Also over a period of 5 years the cost of the hardware can end up being a
> minor part of the overall cost of the network infrastructure.
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> On 10/25/12 5:48 PM, "Tony Singh" <mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> >m.networkworld.com/news/2012/102512-cisco-csu-263711.html
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